Interaction of cocaine with angiotensin and tyramine on the isolated rabbit aortic strips

Zusammenfassung An der isolierten Kaninchenaorta hebt Kokain erst in hoher Konzentration die kontraktile Wirkung von Angiotensin auf. Hingegen wird die Wirkung von Tyramin am selben Präparat in sehr viel niedrigerer Konzentration aufgehoben. Prokain antagonisiert bei gleicher Konzentration die Wirkung der beiden Pharmaka. Die Ergebnisse lassen annehmen, dass eine indirekt sympathomimetische Wirkung von Angiotensin an der isolierten Kaninchenaorta sehr fraglich ist. Ausserdem gibt die gefundene antagonistische Wirkung der verwendeten Lokalanästhetika gegenüber den myotropen Pharmaka den Eindruck, dass dieser Antagonismus unspezifisch ist und nichts mit ihrer lokalanästhetischen Wirkung zu tun hat.     

Some observations on the adrenergic blocking activity of desipramine and amitriptyline on aortic strips of rabbits

Zusammenfassung Desipramin und Amitriptylin hemmen die durch Noradrenalin hervorgerufenen Kontraktionen der isolierten Aortenstreifen der Kaninchen. Es wird angenommen, dass die Hemmung des Noradrenalins durch Antidepressiva nicht auf einer Hemmung der-Rezeptoren beruht.     

Modification of the contractile responses of rabbit mammary strips to oxytocin by prostaglandin E1.

PGE1 administration to isolated strips from pregnant and lactating rabbit mammary gland resulted in different effects on oxytocin-induced contractions. In strips from pregnant animals, oxytocin action was enhanced; in those from lactating animals, it was reduced and threshold doses for oxytocin were markedly higher.     

Action of eledoisin on isolated vascular strips

Résumé Des bandelettes aortiques du lapin sont fortement stimulées par l'élédoisine. Après prétraitement du lapin à la réserpine, l'aorte devient deux fois plus sensible à l'élédoisine que normalement. Cette sensibilisation envers l'élédoisine diminue après incubation de l'aorte isolée avec la noradrénaline. Le même prétraitement à la réserpine n'a pas augmenté l'effet de l'élédoisine sur la veine isolée du lapin. Cette préparation par contre devient facilement tachyphylactique.

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This work was supported in part by a research grant No. H-6835 of the National Heart Institute and in part by the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund. We wish to thank Sandoz, Basel, Switzerland, for a generous sample of eledoisin.     

Potentiation by crude kallikrein of the myotropic effect of angiotensin I in the isolated rabbit aortic strip

Summary Crude kallikrein (Padutin^®), but not pure kallikrein, when preincubated with angiotensin I caused a potentiation of the myotropic effect of decapeptide on the isolated continuously superfused rabbit aortic strip. Addition of converting enzyme inhibitor, SQ 20881, to the medium inhibited this potentiation. The potentiation by crude kallikrein of the myotropic effect of angiotensin I is probably due to the conversion of decapeptide to octapeptide angiotensin II. This study indicates that Padutin is not a pure kallikrein preparation and probably contains a kininase fraction which causes the conversion of angiotensin I.The authors are greatful to Prof. G. L. Haberland, Bayer AG, Elberfeld (BRD), for his generous gift of pure Kallikrein^® KZC 1/75; to Bayer, Leverkusen (BRD), for Padutin^® and to Squibb, New Jersey, USA, for SQ 20881. This work is supported in part by Eczacibai Research Foundation, Levent, Istanbul, Turkey. The technical assistance of Mr. M. Kabaçam is greatly appreciated.     

Interaction between the effects of centrally administered arecoline and leucocyte pyrogen on the activity of posterior hypothalamic neurons in the rabbit

In experiments with urethane-anesthetized rabbits, the alteration in the activity of posterior hypothalamic neurons resulting from intracerebroventricular injection of leucocyte pyrogen was attenuated by subsequent administration of arecoline. Atropine failed to alter the neuronal response to leucocyte pyrogen but abolished the effect of arecoline. The neuronal response to arecoline was reversed in the absence of leucocyte pyrogen.     

Interaction between the effects of centrally administered arecoline and leucocyte pyrogen on the activity of posterior hypothalamic neurons in the rabbit

Summary In experiments with urethane-anesthetized rabbits, the alteration in the activity of posterior hypothalamic neurons resulting from intracerebroventricular injection of leucocyte pyrogen was attentuated by subsequent administration of arecoline. Atropine failed to alter the neuronal response to leucocyte pyrogen but abolished the effect of arecoline. The neuronal response to arecoline was reversed in the absence of leucocyte pyrogen.     

Potentiation by crude kallikrein of the myotropic effect of angiotensin I in the isolated rabbit aortic strip.

Crude kallikrein (Padutin), but not pure kallikrein, when preincubated with angiotensin I caused a potentiation of the myotropic effect of decapeptide on the isolated continuously superfused rabbit aortic strip. Addition of converting enzyme inhibitor, SQ 20881, to the medium inhibited this potentiation. The potentiation by crude kallikrein of the myotropic effect of angiotensin I is probably due to the conversion of decapeptide to octapeptide angiotensin II. This study indicates that Padutin is not a pure kallikrein preparation and probably contains a kininase fraction which causes the conversion of angiotensin I.     

Immunochemical studies on rabbit calcitonin

Summary Cross reaction studies using radioimmunoassays specific for human and porcine calcitonin showed that rabbit calcitonin is structurally more closely related to human than to porcine calcitonin.     

Immunochemical studies on rabbit calcitonin.

Cross reaction studies using radioimmunoassays specific for human and porcine calcitonin showed that rabbit calcitonin is structurally more closely related to human than to porcine calcitonin.     

Effect of antiblastokinin on rabbit pregnancy

On different days following coitus, i.e., during the first stages of pregnancy, adult female rabbits were treated with antiblastokinin obtained from a chicken. A high prenatal mortality was observed and a reduction of the weight in the stillborn of the rabbits treated. The antiblastokinin produces evident biological effect about the 4th day following coitus, during the period of maximum production of blastokinin by the endometrium in vivo.